aliveness

a·live  (-lv)

adj.

1. Having life; living. See Synonyms at living.

2. In existence or operation; active: keep your hopes alive.

3. Full of living or moving things; abounding: a pool alive with trout.

4. Full of activity or animation; lively: a face alive with mischief.

Idiom:

alive to

Aware of; sensitive to: alive to the moods of others.

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[Middle English : a-, in a specified state; see a-² + live, life (from Old English lf; see life).]

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a·liveness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aliveness - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" animation, living, life being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" eternal life, life eternal - life without beginning or end skin - a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin" survival, endurance - a state of surviving; remaining alive
	2.	aliveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life animateness, liveness physiological property - a property having to do with the functioning of the body animation, vitality - the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" sentience - the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart